It was hard to imagine Agnes would look so smug without a reason.
Although the Roman Orthodox Church often acted recklessly when conducting punitive operations because of the nature of its faith, extremism and stupidity were two entirely different things.
When it came to an operation against a force representing the science side like Blue Dream Company, deploying the Thirteen Knight Corps without authorization from above was absolutely impossible.
So Kanzaki Kaori thought.
It was not the Thirteen Knight Corps' strength she cared about. Rather, as the Chorale's official enforcers, they held a position equivalent to an ultimate weapon within the Roman Orthodox Church.
They were its public face, never used for dirty work that could not bear scrutiny. They would only obey orders for publicly acknowledged punitive operations.
Had Blue Dream Company's earlier takeover of Academy City's security led the True Magic Side to mistakenly believe it was connected to the ultimate weapon that had blasted away half the moon, and were they planning to use this as a stepping stone to decide whether to wage all-out war against the science side?
Although Blue Dream Company's arsenal did not seem to contain such a weapon of mass destruction, if Roland got carried away enjoying himself, blasting the moon to liven things up was not impossible.
Having arrived relatively late and knowing nothing of long-established plans such as the Misaka Network, the female Saint did not realize she had stumbled close to the truth.
Still, even if she knew, with her denomination, Index, and even herself all reduced to Roland's possessions, whether Roland had acted on a whim without considering the consequences or had done it deliberately from the start would not affect her allegiance to Blue Dream Company.
So she simply continued staring coldly at Agnes, without wavering in